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Anbox mentions (64)

• Call of duty mobile

  It's definitely possible, you have android virtualization options for linux like QEMU, VirtualBox, Anbox, WayDroid, but most of these are either not great or a bit too advanced for this. Easiest / best bet off the top of my head is dual booting Windows and using BlueStacks. Source: about 1 year ago

• I'm looking for a lightweight distro that runs android apps

  This isn't really a distro, but you could try Anbox, which wouldn't have the performance overhead of a virtual machine. Source: over 1 year ago

• I just want to use Linux :(

  If school apps have an android alternative anbox may allow you to use it on your linux desktop... Just a thought! Source: over 1 year ago

• Android Emulator for Linux

  I have used Anbox when I needed to run an Android App on Linux. Source: over 1 year ago

• Minecraft Bedrock

  Does anyone know a way to play Minecraft bedrock on Linux(specifically fedora). I used to use this launcher: mcpelauncher.readthedocs.io, But it has been discontinued and no longer works with the latest version, which I need to be able to play on a friend's real. I've tried using anbox, but it never loaded, and I tried using waydroid, but the internet wasn't working. Don't tell me to just use java, I already do,... Source: over 1 year ago

Bottles mentions (228)

• Wine 9.9 (Dev) – Run Windows Applications on Linux, BSD, Solaris and macOS

  Plenty of older games only seem to work with certain versions of Proton/Wine, DXVK etc. There are projects like Bottles which let you manage multiple Proton distributions https://usebottles.com/. - Source: Hacker News / 27 days ago

• Steam deck pirated games

  If it need installation (or has some kind of wizard), probably look into UseBottles and once installed, link the .exe to Steam. Source: 6 months ago

• How do I install direct X on wine SIMPLIFIED

  Bottles is very convenient to manage wine https://usebottles.com/. Source: 6 months ago

• Making the switch - what are the gaps?

  For "normal" games you could look yourself using ProtonDB regarding every game released on Steam and AreWeAntiCheatYet for most multiplayer games. If a game isn't available on Steam you have three possibilities. First if it's available on GOG, Epic Games or Amazon Gaming, you could use the Heroic Games Launcher. Second you could try to run the launchers through Steam itself using once again Proton. Third you... Source: 6 months ago

• theLicensePlateIsMyFavorite

  Bottles is great for old classic non-steam games. I haven't tried 🏴‍☠️ with it but I can't see why it wouldn't work. Source: 6 months ago